Ooey-Gooey Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookie Bars

OMG these ooey-gooey salted chocolate chunk peanut butter oatmeal cookie bars. A mouthful, sure, however a fully scrumptious mouthful.

These infants are like a combo of your favourite peanut butter and oatmeal cookie baked right into a gooey, scrumptious blondie. That, plus puddles of darkish chocolate in each chew.

What extra might you need?!

I examined this recipe numerous instances to get the proper texture and ratio of peanut butter to oats to chocolate, and many others and many others. Belief me once I say these peanut oatmeal butter cookie bars are perfection. Get pleasure from as-is or with a aspect of ice cream for the perfect dessert to share with associates.

What you’ll have to make these peanut butter oatmeal cookie bars

These epic, gluten free peanut butter cookie bars have golden, crisp, cookie-like edges and gooey facilities that make that impossible to resist. You received’t consider they’re each gluten and dairy free! Right here’s all the things you’ll have to make them:

• Eggs: you’ll simply want two eggs in these peanut butter oatmeal cookie bars.
• Coconut sugar: we’re naturally sweetening them with coconut sugar, however you should use brown sugar in case you’d like.
• Peanut butter: be sure you use a pure, creamy peanut butter for the proper texture. Use the code ‘AMBITIOUS15’ to get 15% off my favourite model, Wild Associates!
• Coconut oil: some coconut oil ensures that they’ve an ooey-gooey heart.
• Almond flour: you’ll additionally want advantageous, blanched almond flour to maintain them gluten free and provides them the correct texture.
• Oats: we’re utilizing rolled oats in these bars as a result of oatmeal cookies = love.
• Baking staples: you’ll additionally want vanilla extract, baking soda & salt.
• Chocolate: gotta have these darkish chocolate puddles in each chew! Be at liberty to make use of a chocolate bar, chocolate chunks or chips. Particular notice on this beneath!
• For topping: I like sprinkling a little bit fancy sea salt on prime (who doesn’t?!)

Easy methods to simply preserve them gluten free & dairy free

To maintain these peanut butter chocolate chunk cookie bars gluten & dairy free merely use gluten free rolled oats and dairy free chocolate!

The important thing to melty darkish chocolate

I like to recommend chopping up a darkish chocolate bar into chocolate chunks as a result of they may soften even higher than common chocolate chips or chunks.

Ingredient substitution FAQ

As with all recipes, I do know lots of you should have questions on substituting elements in these peanut butter oatmeal cookie bars. I at all times advocate sticking with the recipe as carefully as attainable for the perfect outcomes, however listed here are some swaps I can advocate (and a few that I don’t advocate):

• Can I make them vegan? I haven’t examined these peanut butter cookie bars utilizing flax eggs, however I do assume they may work effectively. Let me know in case you strive it! Learn to make flax eggs right here.
• Can I take advantage of a special nut butter? The peanut butter actually offers these cookie bars a tremendous taste, however I believe an almond or cashew butter would additionally work.
• Is there a swap for the coconut oil? Be at liberty to make use of melted and cooled butter or vegan butter.
• Can I take advantage of common flour? Sadly, no, I’d not advocate utilizing common, all objective flour and can’t advocate an alternative choice to the almond flour.
• What about metal lower oats? I additionally can not advocate utilizing metal lower oats as the feel shall be a lot completely different. At all times be at liberty to make use of gluten free rolled oats although.

Need thicker cookie bars?

When you like your peanut butter oatmeal cookie bars extra “oat-y” and thicker, be at liberty to make use of 3/4 cup of rolled oats as an alternative of 1/2 cup. I personally favor utilizing 1/2 cup.

Ooey-gooey peanut butter oatmeal cookie bars in a single bowl

1. Prep your pan & oven. Preheat your oven to 350 levels F and line an 8×8 inch pan with parchment paper to stop sticking.
2. Combine the moist. Add the entire moist elements to a big bowl and blend all the things till it’s tremendous clean.
3. Add the dry. Slowly combine the dry elements into the moist elements till effectively mixed. Then fold within the chocolate chunks (reserving some for the highest).
4. Bake ’em up. Prime your cookie bars with extra chocolate chunks and bake!
5. Cool & serve. Sprinkle the bars with some fancy sea salt proper out of the oven, then cool them utterly, slice and serve them up.

Don’t neglect the following tips for excellent peanut butter cookie bars

• Pack the almond flour. Make sure you pack the almond flour identical to you’d with brown sugar. No have to pack the coconut sugar.
• Use room temp elements. Make sure that your coconut oil is totally cooled and your eggs are room temperature earlier than utilizing them in order that they don’t coagulate.
• Combine the moist elements effectively. It’s best to combine the moist elements for a minimum of 30 seconds in order that the oil combines effectively with the opposite elements. In any other case, you could have some oil separation (which we don’t need).
• Underbake them *barely*. The important thing to protecting these peanut butter cookie bars gooey and scrumptious is to barely underbake them. Take them out as quickly as the perimeters are getting barely golden brown. They’ll set extra as you allow them to cool.
• Cool earlier than reducing. Make sure you let the bars cool for a minimum of 15-20 minutes earlier than reducing into them in order that they keep collectively effectively.

Storing & freezing suggestions

1. To retailer: I’d advocate leaving them on the counter for not more than a day or two, after which storing the peanut butter oatmeal cookie bars coated within the fridge. They’re scrumptious straight from the fridge!
2. To freeze: permit the peanut butter cookie bars to chill utterly, then lower them as directed. Wrap particular person cookie bars in plastic wrap, then in foil or a reusable bag. Freeze for as much as 3 months. When able to take pleasure in, merely thaw them at room temperature.

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Ooey-Gooey Salted Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookie Bars

Prep Time 15 minutes minutes

Prepare dinner Time 20 minutes minutes

Whole Time 35 minutes minutes

ServesServes 16 servings

Superb, ooey gooey peanut butter oatmeal cookie bars made with a mixture of almond flour and rolled oats for the proper texture. These gluten free peanut butter cookie bars are naturally sweetened with coconut sugar and have puddles of darkish chocolate in each chew!

Components

• Moist elements:
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup (154g) coconut sugar (or sub brown sugar)
• ¾ cup (192g) pure creamy peanut butter
• ¼ cup (56g) melted and cooled coconut oil
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• Dry Components:
• 1 cup (112g) packed advantageous almond flour
• ½ cup (48g) rolled oats (if you need them thicker/extra oat-y you are able to do ¾ cup however I favor ½ cup)
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 1 cup (125g) darkish chocolate chunks or chocolate chips (dairy free if desired), divided
• Fancy Maldon Salt, for sprinkling on prime

Directions

• Preheat oven to 350 levels F. Line an 8×8 inch pan with parchment paper.

• In a big bowl, combine collectively eggs, coconut sugar and peanut butter till clean and creamy. Subsequent add within the melted and cooled coconut oil and vanilla and blend collectively once more till it is vitally clean and effectively mixed. This could take a minimum of 30 seconds to combine till clean, you do not need any oil separation.

• Add the dry elements to the moist elements till effectively mixed: almond flour, oats, baking soda and salt. Lastly fold in ¾ cup of the chocolate chunks/chips, you’ll reserve ¼ cup for sprinkling on prime.

• Add the batter to the ready pan and evenly unfold out with a spatula in direction of the perimeters. Sprinkle the highest with remaining ¼ cup chocolate chunks. Bake for 20-25 minutes till the perimeters are BARELY golden brown. The trick with these blondies is to barely underbaked them in order that they keep good and fudgy and gooey. As soon as completed baking, sprinkle with sea salt. Permit blondies to chill for 15-20 minutes earlier than reducing into in order that they don’t collapse. Minimize into 16 squares.

Recipe Notes

To make vegan: I haven’t examined these with 2 flax eggs (2 tablespoons flaxseed meal + 6 tablespoons water) however I believe they may work effectively.
I like to recommend utilizing a chocolate bar to chop your personal chocolate chunks, they soften amazingly into every chew of the bar.
To retailer: I’d advocate leaving them on the counter for not more than a day or two, after which storing the cookie bars coated within the fridge. They’re scrumptious straight from the fridge!
To freeze: permit the cookie bars to chill utterly, then lower them as directed. Wrap particular person cookie bars in plastic wrap, then in foil or a reusable bag. Freeze for as much as 3 months. When able to take pleasure in, merely thaw them at room temperature.

Vitamin

Serving: 1barEnergy: 269calCarbohydrates: 26.1gProtein: 5.6gFats: 18.1gSaturated Fats: 7.1gFiber: 3.1gSugar: 19.7g